Assistant Management Accountant

Marketing Agency | London Bridge | Hybrid (3 days in the office, 2 days WFH)

We're representing a global full service creative agency in search of an Assistant Management Accountant to join their dynamic finance team.

This is a fantastic opportunity an ambitious junior accountant to gain hands-on experience assisting the preparation of management accountants for multiple entities.

Reporting to a Financial Controller, you'll also have the opportunity to develop your commercial acumen whilst helping the team deliver on local and regional finance directives.

Key responsibilities

• Support the month-end process by assisting in the preparation of management accounts and supporting schedules
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Manage intercompany reconciliations and agreements
• Perform cash revaluations including processing relevant journals
• Complete weekly bank reconciliations
• Assist with UK and Foreign VAT reconciliations and filing
• Assist in the production of annual financial statements, tax packs, and statutory accounts.
• Support audit preparation for all entities, providing documentation and assistance to audit partners as required.
• Assist with the production of Management Information dashboards
• Work with EMEA offices (e.g., Germany, Dubai) to help maintain consistent, best practice across the region.
• Assist in monitoring overhead costs against budget and identifying potential cost-saving initiatives.
• Be a finance point of contact for specific Client accounts, proactively tracking project lifecycles to resolve bottlenecks and provide clear, real-time status updates on approvals.
• Provide general support to the Finance team and undertake ad hoc projects to support the Senior Finance Team.

About You

You'll have ....

• A solid grasp of accounting principles, ideally gained through foundational experience in
• a Finance Assistant or Junior Accounting role.
• Hands-on experience supporting the month-end process, including assisting in the preparation of management accounts and maintaining financial records.
• Commercial curiosity and a natural interest in how a business operates, with an eagerness to develop the acumen needed to drive financial performance.
• A confident and collaborative communicator who enjoys building relationships and is
• ready to learn how to partner with non-finance and operational teams.
• Strong time-management and organisational skills, with the ability to work methodically
• to meet tight month-end deadlines while remaining calm under pressure.
• A strong command of IT systems, specifically Advanced MS Excel or Google Sheets skills
• (e.g., VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables)

Benefits

• 25 days holiday
• Flexible working hours (9:30 - 5:30 with 10-4 core hours)
• Additional day off to celebrate your birthday
• Pension Scheme with Aviva
• Company mobile phone
• Employee Assistance Programme with
• Bupa
• After 6 months, you'll also gain access to a whole host of other perks like life assurance, private medical insurance with Bupa and a season ticket loan

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